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AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

UNITED STATES DAVID T. BAXTER, oE HAMILTON, CANADA.

PATENT OFFICE.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,420, dated July 23, 1895.

Application led March 24, 1894:.

To a/ZZ wiz/om, it may con/cern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID T. BAXTER, a

subject of the Queen of Great Britain. residingat Hamilton, Province of Ontario, Canada, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Autographic Registers, of which the fol` lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in autographic registers. Y

Apparatus of this class comprises usually a case containing two or more feeding-rolls of paper adapted to pass across an opening in the upper face, where the upper sheet may be writ# ten upon with a pencil or stylus, the mark or impression thus made being transferred to the lower sheet or sheets through interposed manifolding-paper, one or more of such strips being usually severed, while another or s everal of the strips may be adapted to pass into the casing, sometimes into a special compartment thereof, for preservation as acheck-slip. It is the practice sometimes also to provide a summary-strip, so called, by which is understood a strip separate from the sale-slip or `check-slip, upon which is to be written only the sum total found in any slip, such summary-strip being capable of removal from the apparatus to enable the sum mary of various' which the sale and check'sli ps are to be severed may be ready of access, whereby the feeding of the paper may be quickly and u'niformly accomplished, and whereby the operation may be generally improved. v

A further object of my invention is to improve the general structure of the register, whereby access to its interior may be impossible to all unauthorized persons, while the apparatus, being in easily-separated parts, .may be more easily manufactured.

`In the drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective View of an autographic register embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central vertical section through the same.l Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken Serial No; 504,936. (No model.)

on the irregular line 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section taken centrally through the register and viewed in the direction opposite to that of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 6 of Fig. 4. Fig. 7is a side elevation of the feeding-handle audits pawl, and Fig. 8 is a sectional view showing the roll- -carrying bearing inthe wallof the apparatus.

A represents the outer casing, which comprises the base t, sides t t2, each made intwo parts, as shown,for a purpose hereinafter described, the front end piece t3, the rear end piece i4, made in two parts, for a purpose hereinafter described, the hinged top plate B, and the hinged top plate O. The sides 17152 and ends i3 254 are provided with inward projecting ears 8,'perforated for the reception of screws, whereby the said sid es and end pieces may be bolted together and to the base t.

The lower half/r of each side t t2 is provided with vertical recesses r to receive one .end of the paper rolls C and D.' The drawings a hinged connection with the lower half, at`` foi-ded by the ears p, extending from the upper section r2, through which ears screws p pass into the wall of the lower section lr. The lower edges of the sides r2k serve to close the bearing-recesses r and thus constitute a closed recess in which the roller end is carried.

The upper or hinged section fr2 of the sides carries the feeding device, the summary-rollers, the manifold paper, and the plate against which the writing is performed. "lhe sides are held together by being bolted to the end plates t4 atl one end and to the impressionplate 0, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, said impression-plate being provided with ears o for this purpose.

The hinged top plate B is provided with lthe ears B', through the medium of which it is hinged to the front end of the case, as in# IOO so that they may be written upon, and at its opposite or free end the plate Bis formed into a transverse hood or housing E. In this hood or housing E, and supported in bearings inthe form of holes F. at opposite ends thereof, is located a roller F, provided at a central point with a milled enlargement F. Within said hood or housing E, and bearing against said roller, is a spring F2, the function of which is to maintain the roller normally and under spring-tension in a position to enable the milled enlargement F to co-operate with the other member of the feeding device, hereinafter described.

The free end of the swinging plate Bis preferably in the form of a knife-edge'n for the ready severance of strips of paper. At its outer edges the free end of the pivoted plate B extends forward in the form of tongues n', for a purpose hereinafter described.

The upper section r2 of the side t2 of the apparatus is provided with a circular recess Gr, centrally perforated, in which recess is located a toothed wheel H, the shaft H of which passes through the perforation mentioned and is supported in the hanger-plate H2. The outer end of the shaft H carries the handle H2, and the inner end is cut away to constitute one member of a clutch, as indicated at m. The stem of the handle H8 is milled, as indicated at m', and a grippingpawl m2 is pivotally supported adjacent to the handle-stem in such position that its milled face m2 may engage the milled surface fm of the handle-stem. The grpping-pawl m2 is provided with a tail-piece m4 to permit it to be readily lifted out of engagement with the handle when desired. This construction is clearly shown in Fig. 7.

Havingl its bearing at opposite ends in the opposite walls of the upper section 'r2 is a milled roller I, one end of which, asindicated at I', is cut to the form of a pinion meshing with the teeth on the wheel H. The milled rollerI co-operates with the milled enlargement F of the roller F as a means for feeding onward across the opening B2 the strips upon the rollers C and D. It will be obvious that a slight turning of the handle H3 will produce considerable movement in the strips fed by said rollers, because the number of teeth on the wheel H isseveral times greater than the number of teeth on the pinion I. It may here be stated that in the construction illustrated there are ten times the number of teeth on the wheel H that there are on the pinion l', so that a-single complete revolution of the handle H2will produce ten revolutions of the roller I. A half-revolution of the handle will move the check and sale strips about five inches-the usual length of the check and sale slips. The economy of motion thus effected constitutes a material advantage in an apparatus of this kind.

A shaft K having its bearing at one end in a recess formed in the wall of the upper section r2 of the side piece t is cut away at its J'ngin a flange K2, which flange also serves as a lateral wall for the space within which the shaft K is wound with paper, constituting the summary-roll. The function of the shaft K being to carry the summary-roll after the marks have been made thereon, it will be spoken of hereinafter as the summary-receiving roller.

Toward the opposite end of the section r2 there extends from one side to the other of the apparatus a shaft L, Fig. 6. This shaft L passes through the wall of the case on the side t2, where it is provided with amilled handle L', while the opposite end is screwthreaded, as shown at Z, to entera corresponding screw-threaded socket in the opposite wall on the side t. The shaft L is reduced i-n diameter in part of its length, as indicated at Z, to present the shoulder Z2, and receives the freely moving disk L2, against which bears a spring L2, surrounding the enlarged part of the shaft L, and having its opposite bearing` against the wall t2.

It will be understood that the disk L2 is free to rotate and move longitudinally of the reduced part-Z of the shaft. This reduced part Z of the shaft L receives the feed-roll of the summary-strip, said feed-roll being held under tension on said shaft by the pressure of the disk L2, under its spring-tension. It is found that the tension thus obtained is sufficient for all purposes.

The impression-plate o is provided at a point near one end with a short transverse slot 7c, beneath which is supported a roller 7c', and the summary-strip M passes from the roll on the shaft L around the roller 7a2, along the face of the plate o, through the slot 7c, and thence t0 the summary-receiving roller K.

An adjustable slotted plateNslideson ways afforded in the sides of the hinged plate B, and is adapted to be held in an adj usted position by a set-screw N. This plate N has a transverse elongated slot or opening N2, the function of which, it may here be stated, is to provide a xed location, through which the summary is Written upon the strip. The hinged plate O is hinged through ears and held to the walls of the case by these hinges O, and at its opposite end itis provided with lateral forward projectingears O2,which cover the ears n on the hinged plate B. Between the ears O2 the forward edge of the plate O is bent downward, as indicated at O2,thereby to afford a sufficient opening between the edge of the plate O and the knife-edge n for free passage of the strips.

The plate O is provided on its under face lOO IIO

` the side o f the case.

with a catch-lock P, the catch P of which engages a transverse rodP2 extending from one side t to the other side t2 in the upper member rr2 of this part of the device. i

It will be obvious that when the plate O, which constitutes the lid, is closed and the catch P engages the rod P2 the entire apparatus is locked and access to the interior -prevented, since the plate O holds down the plate B and the plate B in turn holds down the upper section r2. The catch-lock P is provided with the usual key to enable it to be opened by authorized persons.

At the head of the case, in slots Q formed in the side walls of the part r2, is hung a roller R, having a handle R extending out from This roller R is vprovided with a slot R2, and its function is to receive the lower check-strip in cases where the check-strip is to be retained in the case without being severed, while the sales-slip is to be severed at the knife-edge n. In such cases the check-strip, which would be obtained from the roll D, passes over the guiderollers, across the plate B2, and, ifl required, under a roller to the roller R, which latter thereupon constitutes the means for advancing the strips. In this event the movement of the strips under the advancing action effected inthe roller R produces rotation of the milled roller I, and through this of the gearwheel H, and thu's of the summary-roller.

|Theoperation is as follows: A summarystrip is caused to pass from the shaftL over the plate o to the summary-receiving roller K. A strip of manifolding-paper S is thereupon laid upon the plate 0, it vbeing preferredthat this manifolding-sheet shall be cut away, so that only so much thereof will cover the summary-strip-as is necessary for the space in which the summary is to be written. Vhere slips of uniform length only are to be providedy for, the summary usually being written in the lower righthand corner of such slip, the slot la, instead of being formed as indicated in Fig; 2 of the drawings, near the upper end of the plate o, may be formed near the lower end thereof, as iudicatedby the arrow-point Fig. 2, and the summarystrip after passing over the roller k2 will pass through this opening x, and thence to the summary-receiving roller K. With either of these arrangements, however-that is to say, whether the summary-strip be exposed itself for a short distance only above the plate o, or the manifolding-paper be cut away, so that a small part thereof only covers the summarystrip-the same result is obtained--namely,

.that no marks made upon theupper or sales slip in any part thereof, excepting at the point where the summary is to be indicated, will be transferred to the lower or summary strip. Over the manifold-strip S is now placed the strip from the roller D, which constitutes the check-strip; over this a sheet S of manifold paper, and over this again the strip fromv the roller C, which constitutes the sales-strip.

The ends of the strips from the rollers C and D are drawn over the roller I, and the hinged plate B being thereupon returned to the position shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, the feedrollers F and I are in position for feeding the strips. The plate N is adjusted in position, so that the aperture N2 therein will coincide with the lowest manifold-'strip S, 4where the latter is cut away to leave only a small part exposed'for operation or to coincide with the exposed part of the summarystrip M, if the latter pass through arecess'K, located at the point Qc, Fig. 2. The register being closed and locked -it is now to be used inthe manner common with apparatus of this nature-that is to say, the writing is done with a pencil or stylus upon the strips through the opening. B2, which writing is transferred to the check-strip from the roll D by the interposed manifold paper, and the summary or total of the slip thus written is put in the space prescribed within the slot N2, which mark, for reasons explained, is transferred by the manifold paper, not only to the check-strip D, butalso to the summary-strip. M. The slip having been written, the handle H3 is turned until the requisite amount vof sales-slip from the roll C is caused to. pass beyond the knife-edge n, when it may be severed. Owing to the differential gearbetween the summary-roller and the check and sales strip feeding-rollers, a much greater movement` occurs in the check and sales strips C and D thanoccurs infthe summary-strip M. In the device illustrated a movement of live inches in the check and sales strips occurs with a movement of a half-inch in the suinmary-strip. At the conclusion of the day, or at any other time,the register being unlocked and the hinged-plate B lifted, the upper section r2 ofthe sides, with the parts carried thereby, may be lifted on the hinge p to give access to the interior, whereupon the clutch members m may be separated, the summaryroller K removed and the summary-strip withdrawn therefrom, being torn from the remainder ofthe strip for this purpose. It will then be found that the summary-strip shows in accurate alignment a half-inch or less-from each oth er in convenient arrangement for addition the summary of each slip written in themachine.

Itwill be understood that my invention is not limited to the use of any particular number of rolls C D, nor is it limited to specific details of construction, excepting where such details constitute mere improvements in autographic registers as heretofore constructed.

I make no claim in an autographic register in which a plurality of strips ot' paper are employed to the combination with a writingtablet over which the paper strips are -propelled, and manifolding material between the upper strips of paper, of a sheet of manifoldpaper, and feeding mechanism for the lower IOC IIO

strip, which when actuated feeds said strip a shorter distance than the upper strips are' fed; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a case for an autograpliic register, the combination of the base section 7', upper section r2 hinged to the base section at the rear end thereof, plate O, hinged to the section r2 at the rear end thereof, locking means for securing the plate O to the section r2, and plate B, hinged to the base section r at the rear end thereof, and of such length as to be overlapped by the plate O, whereby, when the section r2, plate B and plate O arev folded together in the order named locking of the plate O to the section -r2 locks the whole case, substantially as described.

2. In an autographic register, the combination with the rollers for the check and sales and summary strips and With the plate against which impressions are made, the top plate having the opening through which the strips are exposed, and the sum mary guide plate having a slot, adjustably secured to said top plate, substantially asand for the purpose described.

3. In an autographic register, the combination with the sides t', t2, having the upper sections, r2, hinged, as atp', said upper sections carrying the feed mechanism for the strips of a hinged cover plate B, having the projecting ears, n', and the hinged cover plate O, provided With a lock and having the projecting overlapping ears, O2,substantially as and for the purpose described.

4L. In an antographic register, the combination of the check and sales strip rollers and with the pla-te o, of a summary strip roll-carrying shaft and summary strip receivingroller, in position to carry a summary strip over the plate o, of a hinged plate B, presenting the opening B2, and the adjustable plate N having the slot N2, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

5. In an autographic register, the combination with the rollers for the check and sales strips and the summary strip of the feed roller I having the pinion I and its companion feed roller, the gear Wheel meshing with said pinion and carrying the shaft of the summary roller, and the removable roller R, having a handle R', and adapted to receive the check strip, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In an autographic register, the combination of the summary roll receiving roller K, having abearing at one end in the Wall of the case, and having at its opposite end a clutch member, the shaft H', and having at one end a clutch member for coupling With the shaft K, the sleeve K and spring K2, all as and for the purpose described.

DAVID T. BAXTER.

In presence of- E. P. AITKEN, CHAs. LEMON. 

